Chapter 568

Gerald gradually tightened his hold over North’s waist. He could feel her trembling and going limp in his arms. North was instinctively leaning close to him.

After the kiss, North’s eyes became watery and red. She wanted to be fierce but failed. It made her sound willful. “What are you doing?!”

Gerald patted North’s back gently. He had probably frightened her because he had suggested sleeping in different rooms all of a sudden.

But he did not want to make a fuss about it. He asked gently, “Why did you insist on sleeping in the master bedroom?”

North was in a daze because of the kiss. She answered without any hesitation, “We’re married.”

She thought. “Shouldn’t a married couple sleep together?”

After a pause, Gerald laughed.

That answer might have pleased him. “I would have let you come back to sleep with me tonight even if you hadn’t come to me.”

He had thought that the concept of being married had yet to sink into North’s mind. It turned out that he was wrong.

He carried